Mail receiver



March 16 1926. 1,576,894

T. N, BADGER MAIL RECEIVERA Filed June 50, 1924 6 7 @M1744 Meu/0l.'

Patented Mar. 16, i926.

UNITE-n stares o THOMAS 1v. Banania, or sERxnLEY, cALIFoitNrA.

MAIL RECEIVER.

Application filed June 30, 1924. Serial No. 723,409.

To all whom t ymay concern;

Be it known that I, THOMAS N. BADGER, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Berkeley, in the county ot Alameda and State ot California, have invented a new and useitul Mail Receiver', ot which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in a mail receiver; and the object oit my im provements is to provide a mail receiver ot 'non-corrosive metal, or other suitable material, that will easily pass the mail through the wall and land it secure in the building.

My mail receiver is water tight, wind tight, ornamental, indestructible, automatic, absolutely safe and in passing the mail it produces a bell-like sound announcing its arrival. It will securely hold letters to he mailed. The only working part, the door, may be removed and a new spring inserted without removing the box trom its place in the wall.

My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawing.

Fig. I `shows a sectional View ot the box and inside iinish of wood.

Fig. II shows the 'front of the box with the door open, exposing the mechanical equipment that operates the door.

Going into detail ot the drawings more explicitly 1 is the shell made ot metal or other suitable material forming the body of the mail receiver constructed t0 slope upward .trom the outside.

2 is a frame or l'aciug serving as a stop for the door and as a finish for the exposed tace of the box.

3 is the oscillating door.

4; is a coil spring of brass or other suitable material for keeping the door closed.

5 is a lug-like piece of metal supporting one end of axle 7.

6 is a lug on the door to carry the axle.

7 is an axle.

8 is a set screw holding the axle in place. The removal of this set screw releases the axles, the spring and the door.

9 is a screw to hold the box in place in the wall.

10 is a screw to hold the box in place in the wall.

11 is a screw to hold the box the wall.

12 is one member of wood linish inside the building.

13 is one member of wood linish inside the building.

14 is inside plaster.

15 is a wooden collar surrounding the box placed to receive screws as shown in drawing. The collar is securely fastened to the sheathing.

16 is sheathing.

17 is outside plaster.

18 is one member ot inside wood finish.

19 is a window seat, table, cabinet or the floor of the room. v

20 is curve described by mail in its passage through trom outside to inside.

21 is an adjusting strip ot wood, its width depending on the thickness of the outside plaster. The details are so clearly shown that a very brief description ot the operating of the box should be ample.

The box is made of two pieces of noncorrosive metal, or other suitable material, cast or sheet, namely the body proper and the door (with brass, or other suitable material, springs, axles, and set screws). These parts are assembled and the box shoved through the wall from the outside and secured to the building by tour brass screws, 9, 10 and 11. 1Q representing a screw on each side of the box. The mail is shoved through and the door automatically closes, ad infinitum.

I wish it understood that various changes in form and proportion may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim, similarly that the materials and finish of the several parts employed may be such as the experience and judgment of the manufacturer may dictate or various uses may demand.

Having fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A mail receiver comprising connected side, top and bottom sections, said sections 'forming an elongated box rectangular shaped in cross section', a door hingedly secured to the bottom section and movable to wards the bottom section when opened, a spring co-operating with the door hinge and in place in the b0x,v said frame forming a .soundingY member` andy a stopjto preventmovement ofy 5 the door beyondl a vertical position in one direction; said elongated box having a stepv down at the outer end ofthelower side 'forming a 'recess to be used in placing the operating mechanism of the door, and liav ingl means whereby the door, springs and axles may be assembledlin plaeeior disassembled at will, leaving the fixed elongated body of the box undisturbed.

'THOMAS N. BADGER. 

